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Lummox wants work; Trees and Math Anxiety; and Bird-watching

04/19/2016 By Ellen Beals

Howdy – How’s your April shaping up? Have you been celebrating poetry? Reading it? Writing it? I got an email from Lummox Poetry Anthology #5, which is looking for work on the theme of “ism" or "isms." Examples cited include: Alcoholism, Capitalism, Patriotism, Buddhism, Globalism,  Conformism, Masochism, Regionalism, Commercialism, Pessimism, Mannerism, Egotism, Dogmatism, Realism, etc, etc. Lummox #5  is also looking for illustrations, collages, artwork of all kinds. … [Read more...]

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Contributor updates and new submission leads

11/21/2015 By Ellen Beals Leave a Comment

Peace and love to you all. I usually wish this to you at the end of  every post but today I want to extend it to you first thing. I have nothing smart or new or world-changing to say about current events so I'll just repeat myself: Peace and love to all. I heard from Kathy Donahoo last week. She lives in California now. She's had two pieces of fiction recently placed. "Joey" a short story appears in Water-Stone Review (Volume 18, 2015), which has the theme: All We Cannot … [Read more...]

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